This study compares the economic performance of foreign-owned and Canadian-owned establishments. The authors' results show that foreign affiliates have significantly higher value-added per worker and pay higher wages than do Canadian establishments but these differences vanish once they control...

This paper develops a model of vertical differentiation to assess the impact of output constraints on the profits and quality choices of firms subject to them. A competitive environment is developed with the automobile industry in mind--multiproduct oligopolists producing differentiated goods...

In this paper, the authors investigate the welfare consequences of horizontal mergers and other production relationships between firms based in different nations. They specify the critical share of consumption a nation must represent to veto mergers that raise price and reduce world welfare. The...

Immigrants may expand trade with their country of origin, owing to superior knowledge of, or preferential access to, market opportunities. The authors test this proposition using Canadian trade data with 136 partners from 1980 to 1992. In an augmented gravity equation, they find that a 10...

In an effort to stimulate trade, Canada has conducted regular trade missions starting in 1994, often led by the Prime Minister. According to the Canadian government, these missions generated tens of billions of dollars in new business deals. This paper uses bilateral trade data to assess this...